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. 2017 Jun;6(3):517–528. doi: 10.21037/tau.2017.04.42

Table 3. Biomarkers for efficacy in all patients evaluated for the extension arm at week 12.

Biomarker Week 0 (n=20) Week 12 (n=20) Week 20 (n=15) Week 26 (n=14) Week 52 (n=6)
Median Q1 Q3 Median Q1 Q3 Median Q1 Q3 Median Q1 Q3 Median Q1 Q3
PSA 40 15 67 64* 40 102 78 35 127 71 35 218 72 41 252
Hgb 8.3 7.9 8.7 7.8* 7.5 8.2 7.8 7.4 8.2 8.1 7.4 8.3 7.6 6.4 7.9
LDH 196 180 217 209 188 230 194 181 259 214 172 243 194 184 208
ALP 81 68 99 85* 65 122 84 74 142 89 70 214 93 85 100
Albumin 42 39 43 41 40 45 41 39 43 43 39 44 42 40 45
bALP 29 21 41 29* 22 67 32 22 57 46 21 116 34 28 38
PINP 46.5 17.0 95.0 51.4* 21.4 174 55.1 29.6 136 73.6 28.3 146 43.5 37.6 55.8
uNTx 57.0 20.2 78.8 52.5* 35.3 119 45.8 21.9 97.3 49.9 31.3 83.3 67.0 48.0 140
YKL-40 72 38 107 82 53 143 132 63 155 78 58 140 192 145 242
8-oxo-G 28.8 25.5 39.9 31.4* 28.0 41.3
8-oxo-dG 17.9 15.7 24.4 17.0 15.7 23.3

*, P<0.05, week 12 compared with baseline. PSA, prostate-specific antigen (µg/L, ref. <4); Hgb, hemoglobin (mmol/L, ref. 8.3–10.5); LDH, lactate dehydrogenase (U/L, ref. 115–255); ALP, alkaline phosphatase (U/L, ref. 35–105); Albumin (g/L, ref. 34–45); PINP, pro-collagen type 1 N-terminal (µg/L); bALP, bone-specific alkaline phosphatase (U/L, ref. 12–44); uNTx, urinary type I collagen cross-linked N telopeptides (nmol/µmol urine creatinine, ref. 21–83); YKL-40 (ng/mL, ref. 14–155); 8-oxo-dG, 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2’-deoxyguanosine (nmol); 8-oxo-G, 8-oxo-guanosine (nmol).